Acute norovirus-induced agranulocytosis in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chehade, H ^a   Girardin, E ^a   Delich, V ^a   Pascual, M A ^a   Venetz, J P ^a   Cachat, F ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agranulocytosis; Immunosuppression; Kidney; Norovirus; Pediatric; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; NEUTROPENIA; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84865199212     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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